| USS Helm
DD-388 (Bagley Class) |
| Launched: | May 27, 1937, Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Commissioned: | October 16, 1937 |
| Decommissioned: | June 26, 1946 |
| Fate: | After being used as target practice in "Operation Crossroads," her hulk was sold to Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California in October 1947 for scrapping. |
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| The Bagley Class as Constructed | |
| Displacement: | 1,646 tons |
| Length: | 341 feet, 4 inches |
| Beam: | 35 feet, 6 inches |
| Draught: | 12 feet, 10 inches |
| Performance: | 49,000 shp for 38.5 knots |
| Bunkerage: | 504 tons |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Guns: | four 5 inch; four .5 inch MG |
| Torpedoes: | sixteen 21 inch |
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